Membership Information

There are 8 categories of membership.  Find yours below.

Institutional Investor

Value of Membership: Invest Ahead provides a national forum for its members to collaborate and engage with other investors, asset owners, asset managers, private equity firms, and advocates.

For investors, we provide a national forum where they can amplify their engagement with companies and scale their impact.

  • Participate in peer working groups to share initiatives, resources, strategies, and best practices (The Institutional Investor Committee meets formally each quarter and conducts an Adopt-a-Company engagement campaign over the course of each year)
  • Collaborate with your peers and other members via virtual group meetings and events with recognized opinion leaders and experts across both public and private equity investing
  • Support Invest Ahead's work to educate policymakers, corporate leaders, and industry associations
  • Leverage your voice through our communications and commentary on policy initiatives

$2,500 Annual Membership Fee

Join as Institutional Investor

Asset Manager

Value of Membership: Invest Ahead provides a national forum for its members to collaborate and engage with other investors, asset owners and advocates to reinforce the value of diversity in improving business outcomes.

For asset managers, we provide a national forum where they can amplify their engagement with companies and scale their impact.

  • Showcase your commitment to diversity by collaborating with the national leader in board diversity
  • Collaborate with your peers and other members across industries via virtual group meetings and events with recognized opinion leaders and experts
  • Participate in peer working groups to share initiatives, resources, strategies, best practices and
    achievements
  • Support our work to influence policymakers, corporate leaders, and industry associations
  • Leverage your voice through Invest Ahead's communications and commentary on policy initiatives

$5,000 Annual Membership Fee

Join as Asset Manager

Private Equity

Value of Membership: Invest Ahead provides a national forum for its members to collaborate and engage with other GPs, LPs, and advocates to reinforce the value of diversity in improving business outcomes.

For private equity firms, the Coalition provides programming to help expand their networks of diverse board candidates as well as a national forum where they can scale their impact.

  • Access the groundbreaking Board Candidate Program year-round
  • Interact with like-minded LPs
  • Participate in peer working groups focused on specific industries or roles to share initiatives,
    resources, strategies, and best practices
  • Support Invest Ahead's work to influence policymakers, corporate leaders, and industry associations
  • Leverage your voice through our communications and commentary on policy initiatives
  • Collaborate with your peers and other members across industries via virtual group
    meetings and events with recognized opinion leaders and experts

$10,000 Annual Membership Fee

Join as Private Equity

Treasurer

Value of Membership: Invest Ahead provides a national forum for its members to collaborate and engage with other Treasurers, as well as investors, asset owners and advocates, to reinforce the value of diversity in improving business outcomes.

Invest Ahead provides a national forum where you can:

  • Showcase your commitment to diversity by collaborating with the national leader in board diversity
  • Collaborate with your peers and other members across industries via virtual group
    meetings and events with recognized opinion leaders and experts
  • Participate in peer working groups to share initiatives, resources, strategies, best practices and
    achievements
  • Support our work to influence policymakers, corporate leaders, and industry associations
  • Leverage your voice through communications and commentary on policy initiatives

Membership for State Treasurers is complimentary.

Join as Treasurer

Corporate

Value of Membership: Invest Ahead provides a national forum for its members to collaborate and engage with investors, asset owners and advocates to reinforce the value of diversity in improving business outcomes.

For corporate leaders, we provide a welcoming, collaborative forum where they can hear what is on the minds of investors and align themselves with a highly respected initiative as they work to achieve and promote their own diversity goals. We also share new insights and best practices from diverse companies who are ahead of the pack. Specific benefits include:

  • Showcase your commitment to diversity by collaborating with a national leader in boardroom diversity and corporate governance
  • Sponsor member events in order to reach investor audiences directly
  • Collaborate with your peers and other members across industries via virtual group meetings and events with recognized opinion leaders and experts
  • Participate in peer working groups focused on specific industries or roles to share initiatives,
    resources, strategies, best practices and achievements
  • Leverage your voice through communications and commentary on policy initiatives

$5,000 Annual Membership Fee

Join as Corporate

Professional Services

Value of Membership: Invest Ahead includes some of the largest asset owners in the United States. We limit our professional services partnerships to those with a commitment to our work and a proven track record of serving investors.

For professional services firms:

  • Showcase your commitment to diversity by collaborating with a national leader in boardroom diversity and corporate governance
  • Sponsor member events in order to reach investor audiences directly
  • Collaborate with your peers and other members across industries via virtual group meetings and events with recognized opinion leaders and experts
  • Leverage your voice through communications and commentary on policy initiatives

$5,000 Annual Membership Fee

Join as Professional Services

Advocate

Value of Membership: Invest Ahead includes some of the largest investors in the United States, who are interested in the knowledge and networks that our advocate partners have to offer.

For advocates:

  • Collaborate with the national leader in boardroom diversity and corporate governance.
  • Gain access for your members to private equity firms who are looking to expand the diversity of
    their board candidate networks.
  • Collaborate with your peers and other members via group meetings and events with recognized opinion leaders and experts.
  • Support our work to influence policymakers, corporate leaders, and industry associations.
  • Leverage your voice through communications and commentary on policy initiatives.

$500 Annual Membership Fee

Join as Advocate

Individual

Value of Membership: Invest Ahead includes some of the largest investors, asset managers, and private equity firms in the United States, as well as individuals who are committed to our mission of increasing the diversity of corporate boards.

For individuals: 

  • Collaborate with your peers and other members via group meetings and events with recognized opinion leaders and experts.
  • Support our work to influence policymakers, corporate leaders, and industry associations.
  • Leverage your voice through communications and commentary on policy initiatives.

$250 Annual Membership Fee

Join as Individual